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Public Domain Image Archive / Philadelphia Museum of Art
Dear July,
You’re so hot we can barely stand it. The month is only half over and we’ve already endured days of 100+ degree heat, record rainfall, and scary microbursts. And still we...
The dramatic moments of each day, whether relaxed or hectic, call forth from each of us aspects of character that show on our faces and in our statements about these events. The complex states and spaces of these interactions are the subjec...
“When you talk about water, aren’t you really talking about yourself? Isn’t water like the weather that way?” —Roni Horn
Let’s start with a few of David Row’s titles, just to settle into his moods: Acid Rain, Requiem, Study for Heat Wave...
Miami’s Art Boom; From Local Vision to International Presence by Elisa Turner (University Press of Florida, Gainsville: 2005) ISBN978-0-8130-8121-2. Cover illustration (above): Carlos Bettancourt Re-Collections VIII (rojo y azul) (2009)
I’...
From May 20 to May 23, Philadelphia played host to approximately 4,200 museum professionals as part of the American Alliance of Museum’s conference at the Convention Center. It proved to be an outstanding venue for the event, as the Center...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Writers weigh in on art in Philadelphia and elsewhere. Publishing occasionally, and, on occasions.
John Muse writes criticism, makes experimental films, paintings, and installation works, and teaches visual studies at Haverford College.
Sculptor, writer, geometry enthusiast, admirer of small mammals.
I'm crazy.
Oil painter, art writer and guest curator in Eastern PA. elizabethjohnsonart.com. Paintings that mix distorted, jumbled images of people, landscapes and seascapes.
Art Historian, Arts Administrator, Curator, Writer
hello in the making
Richard Torchia is an artist and an independent curator.
Tom Csaszar is an artist, writer, and educator based in Philadelphia for forty years.
Virginia Maksymowicz is a sculptor and arts writer who lives and works in Philadelphia. She has written for Philadelphia Artblog, Sculpture Magazine, Leonardo, Art & Artists, and many other publications.
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